BROWN UNIVERSITY SUMMER 2013

The Brown Leadership Institute helps students make a positive difference in the world. Students develop and apply knowledge, skills, and attitudes associated with effective and socially responsible leadership. Study Global challenges: Students develop and apply knowledge and understanding of complex global issues through case studies, lectures, films, discussions and group projects. Develop Leadership Skills: In class, on the ropes course, and in the evening workshops, students learn and practice leadership skills including public speaking, interpersonal communication, problem solving, conflict resolution, and teamwork. APPLY HEREExamples of past courses:

Leaderships and conflict resolution

Organize, Mobilize: Leadership for social change

Leadership and global development

Women and leadership

Changing Business: Becoming a social entrepreneur

Human Rights: Leadership and Action

Leadership and Global Health

Documentary Film for Social Change: Production and theory

Identity, Diversity and Leadership

Arts for Social Change

Leadership, Politics and Religion

Biology, Conservation and Sustainability - Costa Rica (BELL courses)

Sustainable Development- Rhode Island (BELL courses)

*BELL courses: students learn and live outdoors and enjoy a full program of study focusing on the natural environment. Non Bell courses are taught in the Brown classrooms and the students live on campus and may participate in o-campus co-curricular activities.

Session #1 6/16-6/22 Session #2 6/23-6/29 APPLY HERE Study economics in a hands-on environment using the experimental approach pioneered by Vernon L. Smith (Nobel Laureate in Economic Science). This workshop is both a rigorous academic experience and a remarkable opportunity to meet other students from around the US. Participants are selected from rising high school juniors and seniors, and involvement in the week-long session is free - including all materials and a daily lunch. Here's what you can expect:

active involvement in market-based decision making

learning how to apply the scientific method to economic behavior

An opportunity to work with peers to build solutions to specific economic problems

Opportunities to develop friendships and contacts

Full Fellowship status (if accepted)

Earning cash daily from your experiment decisions

Interested students ca apply online here. Applications are carefully screened and students are admitted on a competitive basis. All applications are to be accompanied by a teacher recommendation form and to be received by April 13, 2012. After that date, applications will be considered as space allows.

The Honors College at Western Kentucky University

Recognized by the Chronicle of High Education as one of the nation's top producers of J. William Fulbright grants. Recognized for excellence in science, mathematics, and engineering by the prestigious Barry Gold water Scholarship Program. More than $2 million in renewable scholarships awarded annually to the Honors Freshman class. One of nine institutions in the nation home to a Chinese Language Flagship Program. Less than half the cost of most private institutions. Click HERE for more information.

College of William and Mary American History Program

Much of the course will focus upon one of the key places where the American Revolution began: Williamsburg, the capital of eighteenth-century Virginia. There will also be trips to Yorktown, where the British mainland colonies secured their independence; to eighteenth-century plantations near Williamsburg; and to other important historic sites associated with the Revolution. Beyond the field trips, students will participate in daily seminar discussions and undertake daily writing assignments in which they will bring together their thoughts about the places they visit and about the readings. There will also be special evening programs at Colonial Williamsburg. Students will receive four hours of academic credit for History 216: "The Era of the American Revolution." The instructors for the Collegiate Summer Program are Dr. Julie Richter and Dr. Jim Whittenburg of the Lyon G. Tyler Department of History, College of William & Mary. Click HERE for application and more information.